Albrighton wants fearless Foxes in Champions League quest
Marc Albrighton has urged his Leicester City team-mates to play without fear when they try to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League next month.
Leicester lost 2-1 to Sevilla in the first leg in southern Spain on Wednesday but crucially got a 73rd-minute away goal through Jamie Vardy.
That means a 1-0 victory at the King Power Stadium on March 14 would see the Foxes through to the last-eight.
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They will have a new manager at the helm for that game, after Claudio Ranieri was sacked on Thursday evening, but Albrighton claims self-belief is flowing through the side after the battling performance in Sevilla.
“We’ve got to go into the home leg with confidence and be positive with it,” said the midfielder.
“We’ve showed that we can play against this team. We’ve got to show no fear into that second leg.
“We’re expecting a night to remember and hopefully given the right result we can make it one.
“Obviously the away goal is a massive consolation for us. We didn’t go there to lose the game at all.
“We wanted to get a positive result but I think the away goal could be crucial in the tie and the main thing is to still be in with a shout going into the home leg. We’ve done that.
“We know the onus will be on us now, whereas in the first leg, it wasn’t – it was fully on them.”
